Noun
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
"a lot of money"
"he made a mint on the stock market"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money"
- good deal - great deal - quite a little - tidy sum -
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
- mess hall -
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
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soft semiliquid food
"a mess of porridge"
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informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
- kettle of fish -
a state of confusion and disorderliness
"the house was a mess"
"she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
Verb
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make a mess of or create disorder in
"He messed up his room"
- mess up -
eat in a mess hall